sjcinnymonwrote: Too bad somebody already beat them to it lol! And here I thought all of these anime streaming companies and websites were on the same page with one another, especially the major ones. Guest not, lol

It wasn't just "someone", it was the company they licensed it from announced the streaming arrangements both inside and outside of Japan. Aniplex did the same thing this (Fall) season, announcing titles would be streaming on Crunchyroll a while before Crunchyroll had even started making their announcements for the season.

Permissions in that relationship go one way ~ Crunchyroll has to get their site announcement approved by the licensor, but the licensor doesn't have to get approval from Crunchyroll.

That's interesting, I didn't know that but it makes sense. Thanks for the explanation but it still seems weird that Crunchyroll has to wait for permission to make an announcement about something that has already been announced. I don't know... maybe I'm just overlooking something or just overthinking this... whatever They're streaming Wake Up, Girls! and thats all that matters to me!!!

sjcinnymonwrote: That's interesting, I didn't know that but it makes sense. Thanks for the explanation but it still seems weird that Crunchyroll has to wait for permission to make an announcement about something that has already been announced.

Its not just permission to make the announcement ~ the announcement itself is cleared. Those kinds of approvals have been in place since the days of licensing for VHS tapes. It seems likely that some licensors just rubber stamp things, but you never know when some licensor (or original content creator) is going to be a stickler.

agila61wrote:
Its not just permission to make the announcement ~ the announcement itself is cleared. Those kinds of approvals have been in place since the days of licensing for VHS tapes. It seems likely that some licensors just rubber stamp things, but you never know when some licensor (or original content creator) is going to be a stickler.

There's one of those going on in the Uk home video anime market right now.

Toei's European site recently announced that the original Dragonball is coming to the UK on DVD courtesy of Manga Entertainment...

Manga hasn't yet made any official announcement, despite people asking about the title for months. There's speculation over here that Manga might be just a little ticked at getting pipped to the post. And they have announced other acquisitions since, so obviously something is holding up their own press release or social media statement.

the Sword Art Online story resumé sounded like some sort of childrens show... Waaah. I want the hair rising excitement and insecure feeling of the whole first season again! ... Guess i'll go rewatch. -^^-

So it's starting. And I'm still catching up this season :(. Ah, so we have same extras, some random romcom and Saki... As for the last one i given up after first season since i have no idea about mahjong.